Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 28 May 2015
Public Accounts Committee
2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 10 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 11 - Control of Supplementary Welfare Allowances
Chapter 12 - Farm Assist
Social Insurance Fund 2013
10:00 am
Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source
Could Ms O'Donoghue update me on the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived, FEAD? This programme was negotiated with the EU two years ago. It was a replacement for one of the oldest schemes of vouchers for items such as butter, which were given to the most deprived. The scheme was put in place about 18 months ago. European funding is coming to Ireland to the level of €3.5 million. To the best of my knowledge, the Department has not drawn down any of that money. Is that true?
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